Magdolina S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Magdolina S., who was born in Dunafo?ldva?r, Hungary in 1924. She recalls German occupation; cordial relations with German soldiers; fleeing with her mother to Pe?cs as Soviet troops advanced; help from a German officer (her future husband); fleeing, with his assistance, to Szombathely and Berlin; marriage; brief visits to Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg; living on a farm near Bergen-Belsen; observing barbed wire and towers, emaciated people marching to the railroad station, guards shooting those who couldn't walk and her inability to identify a strange odor; being forced by the British liberators of Belsen to go through a basement full of corpses; learning of the mass graves; understanding the source of the terrible smell; and learning of the deportation of Jews from her hometown. Mrs. S. discusses not "knowing" during the events themselves; the suffering of the German people; and the importance of verifying the atrocities she witnessed.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Magdolina, -- 1924-2016.
Corporate Bodies
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Death marches.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Hungarian.
- Postwar experiences.
- Bystanders.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Szombathely (Hungary)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Dunaföldvár (Hungary)
- Pécs (Hungary)
- Hungary.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat